[gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

after reboot X11 fails with
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: (null) ((null))

I have 
x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4
x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r1
installed on a x86-64 machine.

Has anybody an idea what's going on?

Many thanks for your help,
Helmut.

-- 
Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Justin]

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Helmut Jarausch schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> after reboot X11 fails with
> (II) Initializing extension GLX
> (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: (null) ((null))
> 
> I have 
> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4
> x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r1
> installed on a x86-64 machine.
> 
> Has anybody an idea what's going on?
> 
> Many thanks for your help,
> Helmut.
> 
Can give some more infos please, USE etc?


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Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 29 Jan, Justin wrote:
> Helmut Jarausch schrieb:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> after reboot X11 fails with
>> (II) Initializing extension GLX
>> (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: (null) ((null))
>> 
>> I have 
>> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4
>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r1
>> installed on a x86-64 machine.
>> 
>> Has anybody an idea what's going on?
>> 
>> Many thanks for your help,
>> Helmut.
>> 
> Can give some more infos please, USE etc?
> 
 Installed versions:  1.5.3-r1(09:46:41 01/29/09)(hal input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 nptl sdl video_cards_nv xorg
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.22

I vaguely remember having removed the 'hal' use flag for some time.
Now, I have reinstalled x11-base/xorg-server after adding 'hal' to my
/etc/make.conf
But probably there are further x11 packages which need to be reemerged.

But on an another machine I'm running these x11 versions without 'hal'.
So, there must be a different cause of the problem.

Thanks,
Helmut.


-- 
Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Dale]

Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 29 Jan, Justin wrote:
>   
>> Helmut Jarausch schrieb:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> after reboot X11 fails with
>>> (II) Initializing extension GLX
>>> (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: (null) ((null))
>>>
>>> I have 
>>> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4
>>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r1
>>> installed on a x86-64 machine.
>>>
>>> Has anybody an idea what's going on?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your help,
>>> Helmut.
>>>
>>>       
>> Can give some more infos please, USE etc?
>>
>>     
>  Installed versions:  1.5.3-r1(09:46:41 01/29/09)(hal input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 nptl sdl video_cards_nv xorg
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.22
>
> I vaguely remember having removed the 'hal' use flag for some time.
> Now, I have reinstalled x11-base/xorg-server after adding 'hal' to my
> /etc/make.conf
> But probably there are further x11 packages which need to be reemerged.
>
> But on an another machine I'm running these x11 versions without 'hal'.
> So, there must be a different cause of the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Helmut.
>
>
>   

Maybe try emerge -uvDNp world and see if the USE flags are changed.  If
they have, remove the p and let it rebuild.  The -N is the big part here.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Justin]

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Helmut Jarausch schrieb:
> On 29 Jan, Justin wrote:
>> Helmut Jarausch schrieb:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> after reboot X11 fails with
>>> (II) Initializing extension GLX
>>> (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: (null) ((null))
>>>
>>> I have 
>>> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4
>>> x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r1
>>> installed on a x86-64 machine.
>>>
>>> Has anybody an idea what's going on?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your help,
>>> Helmut.
>>>
>> Can give some more infos please, USE etc?
>>
>  Installed versions:  1.5.3-r1(09:46:41 01/29/09)(hal input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 nptl sdl video_cards_nv xorg
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.22
> 
if you are using the closed source drivers, you should add nvidia
instead of nv to your ${VIDEO_CARDS} in the make.conf
> I vaguely remember having removed the 'hal' use flag for some time.
> Now, I have reinstalled x11-base/xorg-server after adding 'hal' to my
> /etc/make.conf
be sure the hald is running before starting the X.
> But probably there are further x11 packages which need to be reemerged.
> 
> But on an another machine I'm running these x11 versions without 'hal'.
> So, there must be a different cause of the problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> Helmut.
> 
> 

Never test packages if it is urgent to recover a working state, ;)!

P.s. past your xorg.conf, just to be sure that there is now problem


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Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:01:18 +0100, Justin wrote:

> Never test packages if it is urgent to recover a working state, ;)!

Or, at the very least, use quickpkg on the working version first.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"Of course, I could switch back to Windows. At least there, if I have a
problem, I don't suffer under the illusion that I could ever fix it." -

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Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Justin]

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Neil Bothwick schrieb:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:01:18 +0100, Justin wrote:
> 
>> Never test packages if it is urgent to recover a working state, ;)!
> 
> Or, at the very least, use quickpkg on the working version first.
> 
> 

Yeah , let's put our fingers together in his wounds!! :=)


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Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 29 Jan, Justin wrote:
> Neil Bothwick schrieb:
>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:01:18 +0100, Justin wrote:
>> 
>>> Never test packages if it is urgent to recover a working state, ;)!
>> 
>> Or, at the very least, use quickpkg on the working version first.
>> 
>> 
> 
> Yeah , let's put our fingers together in his wounds!! :=)
> 

Why is GenToo so good that it works MOST of the time?

The snag here is that the change became visible pnly after rebooting
or restarting X11, at least.
But there were some long running applications on this 8-core machine,
so I couldn't try.

Thanks for all your help,
I'm trying to find the source of the problem,

Helmut.

-- 
Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Dale]

Justin wrote:
> Neil Bothwick schrieb:
>   
>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:01:18 +0100, Justin wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Never test packages if it is urgent to recover a working state, ;)!
>>>       
>> Or, at the very least, use quickpkg on the working version first.
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Yeah , let's put our fingers together in his wounds!! :=)
>
>   

Another option, put FEATURES="buildpkg" in make.conf so it does it
automatically. 

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:41:37 -0600, Dale wrote:

> Another option, put FEATURES="buildpkg" in make.conf so it does it
> automatically. 

No need, it's an 8 core machine. Recompiling the old version takes less
time than asking fr help :)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

To most people solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists
solutions are things that are still all mixed up.


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[gentoo-user] Re: [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)

[James]

Helmut Jarausch <jarausch <at> igpm.rwth-aachen.de> writes:


> Thanks for all your help,
> I'm trying to find the source of the problem,

Depending on your video setup, you may need to recompile
the video driver (nvidia-drivers or ati-drivers). I'm not
sure what all change on your last update....

Also look at the X log files to see what's going on:

/var/log/Xorg.0.log

your xorg.conf file may have been altered?

I always save a spare copy, with an appended dated,
particulary if I read about something and noodle
with with xorg.conf.


just a few ideas,


James